Over his eighteen year career, Mr. Barnes has been recognized as a preeminent and highly skilled trial lawyer by many attorney rating and certification organizations including Martindale-Hubble, The Florida Bar, The National Board of Trial Advocacy, The American Board of Trial Advocates (AOBTA), Super Lawyers, Florida Trend and Tampa Bay Magazine. Mr. Barnes became one of the youngest board certified civil trial attorneys in Florida at age 33 and is among the fewer than 1% of practicing attorneys in Florida with certifications from The Florida Bar, The National Board of Trial Advocacy and The American Board of Trial Advocates. He is proud to be AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated.